Londonist Staff
In Pictures: Parts Of London Lost To History
There's no denying that London's in a constant state of change. Buildings are always coming and going. Some of these buildings no longer exist, others can still be seen, but have been repurposed.
Cast iron aqueduct across River Lea at Waltham Abbey disused gunpowder millsSource Londonslostrivers Abbey Mills Pumping Station, StratfordSource Ben Pedroche The Mappin & Webb building at Bank, taken in 1993Source Wikipedia Derelict lock gate at Gunpowder Mills in Waltham AbbeySource Londonslostrivers Rolls Chapel, Chancery LaneSource Magnoliabox Dorchester House, Park Lane, MayfairSource Historicengland Great Easter Electric Light generating station, Liverpool StreetSource Ben Pedroche Acton Lane Power Station, Willesden JunctionSource Ben Pedroche Chimney stack, Renforth Hydraulic Power Station, RotherhitheSource Ben Pedroche Crystal Palace fans at their original ground 'The Nest'Source Old London Olde Wapping, Olde Prospect of Whitby Source Erkembode Carlton Hotel, HaymarketSource Historicengland The Mean Fiddler, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise Remaining coal jetty at demolished Deptford Power StationSource Ben Pedroche 23 Great Winchester StreetSource Wikimedia Strand stationSource Adventuresofboz Coal Exchange, opposite Old Billingsgate MarketSource Snipview Battersea Park, 1951Source Tim Dunn Wembley, 1923Source Old London Decaying lock at Waltham Abbey Source Londonslostrivers The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane, 1875, with St Paul's in the backgroundSource Typepad Hammersmith Palais, London closed 2007.Source Gigwise Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, WappingSource Ben Pedroche The Battersea Big DipperSource Londonist Disused coal jetty, Woolwich Power StationSource Ben Pedroche Queen Square, Bloomsbury, 1883Source Museumoflondonprints The original Kensington Canal bridge at West Brompton Station stationSource Londonslostrivers Great Wheel, Earl's Court, demolished in 1907Source Wikipedia St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Spitalfields in the 19th centurySource Spitalfieldslife Euston StationSource Thebeautyoftransport The Astoria, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise Tram emerging from the Kingsway TunnelSource Old London The stunning art deco Odeon WoolwichSource Christopherfowler The Luminaire, Kilburn closed 2010.Source Gigwise The Alhambra, Leicester Square, started life in 1854. The theatre was demolished in 1936 to make way for the Odeon Leicester Square.Source Londonist Site of the original St James TheatreSource Londonist
Last Updated 29 March 2017
